Siapo mamanu (tapa cloth)
- Description:
- Siapo mamanu (tapa cloth), circa 1900, Sāmoa, maker unknown. Gift of Thomas Trood, 1917. Te Papa (FE001424). Samoan barkcloth is made from the bark of the u`a or paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera) although in the past it was occasionally made from the inner bark of the breadfruit or banyan tree. It is decorated using dyes made from a variety of trees and plants. The brown dyes come from several sources, the first being the... Overall: 1150mm (width), 2430mm (length)
- Display date:
- circa 1900
- Location:
- Sāmoa
- Format:
- PhysicalObject
- Collections:
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Content partner:
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Availability:
- Not specified
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